February movie suggestions: The Durrelrells and AvatarLOCKWOOD & CO.
Creator: Joe Cornish
Actors: Ruby Stokes, Cameron Chapman, Ali Hadji-Heshmati
Netflix
Lucy Carlyle is a small-town girl in the big city. But in this world, nothing is what it should be. Ghosts populate the land and only a few young people have the skills to hunt them down. Lucy is one of them. A girl with psychic abilities who teams up with two teenage boys from the Lockwood & Co. ghost-hunting agency to fight the deadly spirits plaguing London, doing their best to save the day without adult supervision.
Lockwood & Co. is a pleasant surprise in the Netflix catalog. A suspense, adventure and detective TV series, for all audiences and developed by Joe Cornish ("Tintin", "Attack the Block"). It is based on the book series of the same name by multi-award winning Jonathan Stroud ("The Screaming Staircase" and "The Whispering Skull"). It consists of eight episodes and premiered on January 27, 2023.
HEAVEN CAN'T WAIT
Director: José María Zavala
Script: José María Zavala
Music: Luis Mas
AT THE MOVIE
Documentary on the celebrated life of Carlo Acutis, a young blessed who died in 2006 and whose charisma and fame continues to arouse passion and devotion. At only 15 years old, his life has become an unstoppable force that knows no borders. Thanks to José María Zavala ("Amanece en Calcuta", "El Misterio del Padre Pío") comes this work with a dozen testimonies of people of all ages and nationalities who have been touched by the grace of God thanks to the intercession of Carlo Acutis. This is woven with important moments in the life of the young Blessed, interspersing documentary genre with fiction to try to show with greater vividness the whole life and impact of the venerated.
